How I see the song is that Tyler (the lead singer) is forced into being someone he is not and the lie he is living is causing him to become upset with himself and his meaning.
From my knowledge Fall away is a reference to basketball when a shooter falls away from the basket when making a shot. I know that Tyler played basketball in highschool around the time he wrote the lyrics of some parts of this song. How I see it is that he was forced into playing so he could get a scholarship for college.
In the lines 'I will lie and I will take my precious time' is could be suggesting that Tyler has to lie to his basketball coach father about liking basketball and is wasting his precious time with something he doesn't feel is worth while or what he wants to do with his life. This also links with the line 'I'll try to delay what you make of my life' where is suggests he is dragging on getting the scholarship -which in guessing is his parents dream for him. Saying that it is what they want and not him. Again to add to this point the line 'I don't want your way, I want mine' saying he has other plans perhaps music and songwriting.
Next the chorus and second verse definitely suggest that the things I have previously mentioned have a massive toll on Tyler's mental health as he recycled lyrics from his song 'drown' while is about depression and suicidal thoughts. When Tyler refers to his love for the other ambition (most likely music) as a 'selfish ambition' it makes me think firstly that he shouldn't be doing it as it is for his self and doesn't think it will help his family or be accepted by them but also could be shamed upon by the church as musicians are often seen as sinful for being greedy and self-centred other such things.
When he writes he is 'screaming submission' it creates the idea he is violently against what his life is planning out to be and also doesn't know if he is 'dying or living' making me think he wants to be dead than live a life he doesn't want.
This is just my interpretation though as everyone has there own view on what twenty one pilots' songs mean. That is the beautiful thing about music- you can take out of it depending on what help you need at that time.
How I see the song is that Tyler (the lead singer) is forced into being someone he is not and the lie he is living is causing him to become upset with himself and his meaning.
From my knowledge Fall away is a reference to basketball when a shooter falls away from the basket when making a shot. I know that Tyler played basketball in highschool around the time he wrote the lyrics of some parts of this song. How I see it is that he was forced into playing so he could get a scholarship for college.
In the lines 'I will lie and I will take my precious time' is could be suggesting that Tyler has to lie to his basketball coach father about liking basketball and is wasting his precious time with something he doesn't feel is worth while or what he wants to do with his life. This also links with the line 'I'll try to delay what you make of my life' where is suggests he is dragging on getting the scholarship -which in guessing is his parents dream for him. Saying that it is what they want and not him. Again to add to this point the line 'I don't want your way, I want mine' saying he has other plans perhaps music and songwriting.
Next the chorus and second verse definitely suggest that the things I have previously mentioned have a massive toll on Tyler's mental health as he recycled lyrics from his song 'drown' while is about depression and suicidal thoughts. When Tyler refers to his love for the other ambition (most likely music) as a 'selfish ambition' it makes me think firstly that he shouldn't be doing it as it is for his self and doesn't think it will help his family or be accepted by them but also could be shamed upon by the church as musicians are often seen as sinful for being greedy and self-centred other such things.
When he writes he is 'screaming submission' it creates the idea he is violently against what his life is planning out to be and also doesn't know if he is 'dying or living' making me think he wants to be dead than live a life he doesn't want.
This is just my interpretation though as everyone has there own view on what twenty one pilots' songs mean. That is the beautiful thing about music- you can take out of it depending on what help you need at that time.